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' H. WHEELER.

COMBINED BOLT HOLDER AND SCREW DRIVER.

787. Patented Sept. 11. 1883.

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WHEELER, OF DUDENVIIJLE, MISSOURI.

COMBINED BOLT HOLDER AND SCREW-DRIVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 284,787, dated September 11, 1883.

' Application filed April 20, 1883. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WHEELER, of Dudenville, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bolt-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The figure represents a perspective view'of the device.

This invention relates to a device which is to be used for holding bolts from turning while they are being nutted.

The invention consists in the construction hereinafter set forth.

In the annexed drawing, the letter A indicates the holding-lever, having the handle a and shank a. This shank has on one side a series of notches, a, and its end a is sharpened and has a notch, a.

The letter B represents the securing-lever,

having a hook, b, and a stem, 1), provided with notches b The letter 0 represents a chain, which is designed to pass from one lever to the other. Any of its links can be slipped over the levers o and engage any of the notches.

In use the chain is secured to the levers, as shown. The hook I) is caught over some convenient place, and the sharpened end a is pressed upon the head of the bolt, the pressure keeping the bolt from turning, the metal of the bolt coming into notch a. The end a" can be varied in shape to suit different styles of heads of the bolts.

By means of the chain and notches the position of the parts and the leverage can be changed.

What I claim is A bolt-holder consisting of the holding-lever A, the securing-lever B, and means, substan- 5 tially as described, for connecting them, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. E

HENRY IVHEELER.

; Witnesses:

G. W. GROW, E. O. CROW. I 

